The Albanian team consisted of 12 athletes competing across six sports. Boxer Krenar Zeneli was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. The country did not win a medal in the Games, and as of these Games, Albania had not earned a European Games medal.
The 2019 European Games were held in Minsk, Belarus between 21 and 30 June 2019.[4][5] About 3,500 athletes from 50 countries competed in 200 medal events across 15 sports in the Games.[6] The Albanian delegation consisted of 12 members.[7] Krenar Zenali was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.[8] Albania did not win a medal in the Games, and as of these Games, had not earned a European Games medal.[9][10]
Albania received a universality place and sent a lone athlete Jurgen Hoxha for the men's individual event in recurve archery.[11][12] The men's individual competition was held from 21 to 27 June 2019 at the Olympic Sports Complex in Minsk.[13] Hoxha was seeded 48th after finishing with 556 points from a possible 600 in the ranking round.[14] In the round of 64, he lost to Tom Hall of Great Britain and bowed out of the competition.[15]
Boxing matches were contested between 21 and 30 June 2019 at the Uruchie Sports Palace.[18][19] In the 56 kg event, Krenar Zeneli won the round of 16 before losing to Peter McGrail of Great Britain in the quarterfinals. In the 69 kg event, Alban Beqiri won his first round bout before he lost to Vasile Belous of Moldova in the second round. Arjon Kajoshi and Mikel Culljaj lost their first round bouts in the 75 kg and 81 kg categories respectively.[17]
Quota places for the road cycling events were allocated based on the UCI World Rankings at 31 December 2018, while the quota places for the track cycling events were based on the UCI ranking after the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[20] Albania qualified three athletes for the road events.[21]
For the individual events in sport shooting, top 24 athletes in the European ranking lists as of 31 December 2018 were awarded one quota place for their NOCs with a maximum quota of one per NOC per event. Athletes qualifying for individual events were allowed to participate as a team in the mixed team events.[28] As per the qualifying criteria, Albania qualified two athletes– Henri Rufa in the men's 10 m air pistol and Manuela Delilaj in two events in the women's pistol shooting.[29][30]
In the men's pistol event held on 23 June, Rrufa scored 554 points to be ranked 27th and failed to qualify for the final.[31][32] Delilaj also failed to qualify for the final in the 10 m air pistol and 25 m pistol events after being ranked respectively in the qualifying rounds.[33][34] In the 10 m mixed team event, both the shooters combined for a score of 554 to be ranked 27th and failed to advance to the final. [35]
Albania qualified a single athlete for the men's freestylewrestling event at the Games.[36] The wrestling events were held at the Minsk Sports Palace from 25 to 30 June.[37] In the 65 kg category Eriglent Prizren lost his round of 16 bout to Alexandru Chirtoacă of Moldova and failed to win a medal.[38]
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VPO1 – Victory by points – the loser with technical points
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